The Independent’s documentary hailed for shining light on ‘reprehensible’ jailing of Aung San Suu Kyi
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Bianca Jagger, Wild Swans author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life. The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military regime in Myanmar.
![[Jung Chang and Kim Aris at the screening of the Cancelled documentary in London]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/12/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-23-at-12.01.03-%281%29.jpg)
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger and Wild Swans author Jung Chang joined politicians, journalists and lawyers at the London screening of the Independent TV’s documentary Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi. The film looks at the life of the 79-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner who has become a deeply divisive and controversial figure internationally after failing to speak out on her country’s extreme violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
![[Screening of Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi with (left to right) her son Kim Aris, Independent editor-in-chief Geordie Greig and journalist Peter Popham]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/11/newFile-11.jpg)
It was described as a “rallying point” for the freedom of a woman seen as the “last hope” for the people of her country. Speaking afterwards, Jagger said: “I think the most difficult issue is for people to have mercy on fallen heroes. Because she was a hero for many of us, including me.
![[Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/18/17/GettyImages-142248586.jpg)
“But we must do everything we can to see her released. This is the perfect film to launch a campaign calling for her freedom… I think this film will be the perfect rallying point to bring us all together and to demand that she be released.”. Ms Chang, who met Ms Suu Kyi on a number of occasions, said: “I greatly admire her. And I am full of sympathy for her, in solitary confinement. So of course I think the more people help her and draw attention to her plight the better.”.
